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\ fA ickey Mouse has been a part of our mental and emotional \/ | universe for over eight decades: as a font of mirth on film and . in print, a plush doll or other consumer item, a corporate logo, and a cultural symbol. For a creature initially concetved-chieflyas a means of keeping the Disney studio afloat after Walt had lost his contract to produce the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series in March 1928, Mickey has had along and remarkable run. Still, one may rightly wonder whether Disney's cartoon mouse-or, for that matter, any mass-market phenomenon, real or imagined-is all that important in the grand scheme of things. In 1997, shortly before the release of a postage stamp featuring Bugs Bunny, one prominent philatelist complained that the U.S. Postal Service was "sinking to a new low in commercializing and trivializing its once high-minded stamp program." The Post Office had, however, already gone down that path four years earlier, in 1993, when it issued a glossy pink Elvis Presley commemorative. Since then, scores of figures in the realm of popular culture, from Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, and Marilyn Monroe to Popeye, Superman, and Mickey, have joined the ranks of refined fleshan

Who reads Mickey Mouse : emblem of the American Spirit?

Author

Apgar, Garry, author

Publisher

The Walt Disney Family Foundation Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616286729

Category

art

Subjects

Fiction, Art, Arts

Rating

4.17 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14